Re: [squid-users] The requested URL could not be retrieved

On Wednesday 03 May 2006 12:03, Chris Robertson wrote:
So why can't I use squid that is a proxy as I have been told? And how?
Back the the origin of this discussion....

> yves wrote:
> >On Tuesday 02 May 2006 15:43, Chris Robertson wrote:
> >Ok then I am more than confused.
> >When I had windows installed I used a proxy to access the net from my
> > machines on my small network. So in this case what do I need to be able
> > to use the linux machine as a protection and access to the Internet for
> > http but also for smtp and pop3?
> >Thanks
> >yves
>
> Well, you have a couple choices. You can set the Linux box up to NAT
> (or masquerade) your connection
> (http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/IP-Masquerade-HOWTO/ for example) or you can
> find a SOCKS proxy that works on Linux, and use that to proxy
> connections to the Internet for those applications that support it.
>
> Chris

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